Kentucky Derby

Good Magic, trained by Chad Brown '00, places (finishes second) in the Kentucky Derby in a field of 20 horses, by 2-1/2 lengths. The last place horse was 73-1/4 lengths back. Talk about precision vs. importance of fractions and decimals.

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Good Magic, trained by Chad Brown '00, places (finishes second) in the Kentucky Derby in a field of 20 horses, by 2-1/2 lengths. The last place horse was 73-1/4 lengths back. Talk about precision vs. importance of fractions and decimals.

You're also perhaps aware that a horse's ass directly correlates to the width of railroad track at 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches (USA), based on the axle width of ancient Roman carts. There is a long history detailed online about this usually with the punch line, "And that explains why it's accurate to say, 'What horse's ass built this road?'" Except that it's mostly legend. [www.snopes.com]

You're also perhaps aware that a horse's ass directly correlates to the width of railroad track at 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches (USA), based on the axle width of ancient Roman carts. There is a long history detailed online about this usually with the punch line, "And that explains why it's accurate to say, 'What horse's ass built this road?'" Except that it's mostly legend. [www.snopes.com]

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And to think this weekend, at the ILT, I was trying to explain to my grandson what I love about having attended an Ivy League school.

You're also perhaps aware that a horse's ass directly correlates to the width of railroad track at 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches (USA), based on the axle width of ancient Roman carts. There is a long history detailed online about this usually with the punch line, "And that explains why it's accurate to say, 'What horse's ass built this road?'" Except that it's mostly legend. [www.snopes.com]

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And to think this weekend, at the ILT, I was trying to explain to my grandson what I love about having attended an Ivy League school.